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Mayor says not enough items to warrant council meetingmeetings is at the discretion of the councillors helping him during the Ward 4 Councillor Roger was nothing else on the agenda, Continued from page 1mayor. When a meeting is sched-election.Lapworth said he has repaired a the taxi issue by itself warrants an Cancelling three weeks of uled, I will be there.In his press release, Mr. Young couple of Khans campaign signs entire council meeting, so why was council meetings outside of sum-Khan wouldn't say whether any denounces members of council for and offered audio assistance if it cancelled? Thats my question.mer has to my knowledge never councillors are working on his supporting his opponent, said Khan needs it. Any help he has Knoll said he tried to get happened in the history of campaign. However the Oakville Burton.given has been on his own time, he answers from Burton, but never Oakville, said Young.Federal Liberal Associations web-At the same time, hes circulat-said.received any beyond the mayor This has been engineered for site identifies Ward 1 Town and ing an endorsement by another I dont consider myself to be asserting the cancellations took purely partisan purposes just like Regional Councillor Alan Johnston member of Oakville council in a abusing the pay I receive from the place through his authorization.the Oakville Hydro Scandal.as riding association policy chair flyer Ive seen. And I read in the taxpayers, said Lapworth.Ward 2 Town and Regional Young said at least three Town and Ward 6 Town and Regional media Monday that Toronto I consider myself to be here to Councillor Keith Bird also councillors are working on Khans Councillor Tom Adams as a riding Councillor John Parker is cam-receive their calls and to receive expressed concern about the campaign.association director. paigning for Terence in Oakville. their e-mails and to receive their motives behind the cancelling of He also said Khan did not take a When reached for comment, Isnt it rather two-faced to be faxes as and when Im needed. Im the council meetings, but said he formal leave of absence from his Burton denied the cancelling of the against councillors supporting fed-out four or five nights a week at was not provided with a reason as council position during the cam-meetings had anything to do with eral candidates unless theyre sup-different town events or commit-to why they were cancelled.paign so that now, with the cancel-partisan politics.porting him?tee events or other events I get If the reason is we have eight ing of so many meetings, Khan and Oakville council has often can-Adams said he is mystified by involved with through my volun-or nine councillors who want to the other councillors helping his celled meetings when there is not Youngs comments.teer work, so if anyone wants to have the evening off to show sup-campaign are essentially being paid enough business to justify the time I am still working full-time for take me on as to how many hours port for a member of council by by local taxpayers while campaign-and expense, which is the reason my constituents. As I understand a month I devote to the Town its going door knocking, Id question ing for the Liberals.these were cancelled, said Burton it, this is not the first time where far more than most, I think.whether thats a legitimate enough Not true, said Khan, who point-in an e-mail response.municipal councillors have become Ward 5 Town and Regional reason to have staff readjust the ed out he has nothing to do with Over the last four years, weve involved in campaigns, said Councillor Jeff Knoll is not happy planned council meetings, said deciding when meetings are called cancelled 28 meetings 11 meet-Adams.meetings have been cancelled Bird.and when they are not.ings of council and 17 meetings of Any citizen has the right to because he said there is important In his press release, Young said I have been meeting my Town committees. Of these, only seven take part in a campaign, so why is work that needs to be done.the cancelling of the meetings will commitments while running for cancellations were in summer, so he complaining? Anybody has the Over the last week Ive been help Khan avoid the highly con-MP, attending all Council meet-thats not a very reliable memory opportunity to volunteer their time getting calls from people in the tentious issue of taxi licencing in ings. As you are aware, I have vol-Terence said hes going on. We've for the candidate of their choosing. taxi industry who are absolutely Oakville, that could cost him fed-untarily suspended my pay for the always tried to avoid unnecessary Terence got involved in the munic-beside themselves because this eral election votes.duration of the campaign, said meetings, so this is a phony issue.ipal campaign in the fall, so I find very contentious report on their Both Burton and Khan denied Khan in an e-mail toThe Oakville Burton also attacked Young for it really surprising that hes talking licencing was supposed to be com-the meetings were cancelled for Beaver.taking issue with Khans fellow about this.ing out, said Knoll. 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